Order and Civility in the Early Modern Chesapeake

Edited by Debra Meyers, Melanie Perreault

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Publication date:

16 July 2014

Length of book:

218 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739189757

Tise cutting-edge collection of essays in this volume represent the vast array of experiences in the Chesapeake region, encompassing the racial, class, ethnic, and gender diversity that characterized life in early Maryland and Virginia. Order and Civility in the Early Modern Chesapeake makes a significant contribution to the growing interest in the Chesapeake as an accurate indication of the English customs, rituals, and beliefs men and women brought to the New World. Ultimately, this study suggests that the multicultural Chesapeake created significant cultural, intellectual, and social norms that have shaped the diverse world of the American people.

Chapter Three: Debra Meyers, “The people are not att all fond of the Litturgy or cerimonyes”: Theology in the Early Chesapeake
Chapter Five: Allison Madar, “An Innate Love of Cruelty”: Master Violence Against Female Servants in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
Section Three: Labor Systems
Convict Bondwomen in eighteenth-century Maryland
Chapter Ten: Jennie Jeppesen, “To serve longer according to law”: The chattel-like status of convict servants in Virginia

This collection from established and emerging scholars offers fresh and sophisticated essays on the beliefs, legal systems, and labor systems of the early Chesapeake. This innovative organization makes the book a fruitful one, not only for scholars, but also for students who can use the essays to compare sources, arguments, and methods.